Willis is being singled out on the basis of his ethnicity, and is therefore the target of racial animus. It is evident that in the present case Mr. Thomas Acton, Professor of Romani Studies, University of Greenwich, London, England). (Letter to Dennis Marlock dated August 2nd, 1990 from Dr. Compared with the massive record of murder, theft, kidnapping and other crimes by non-Gypsies against Gypsies throughout history, Gypsy crime against non-Gypsies pales almost into insignificance, so that to prioritize the study of the latter over the former shows a twisted sense of values. The increase in racial profiling by the police directed at Romani Americans has led to some fumbling attempts on the part of their spokesmen to cover their bigotry by creating their own distinction between “Gypsy†and “Romani,†on the model of the distinction between “Mafia†and “Italian.â€Â But it’s not working. Following is my document  in support of one such individual who has been the target of such categorization. The Romani Archives and Documentation Center Danger! Educated Gypsy! An Anthology of Essays by Ian HancockĢ007 Gypsy Mafia, Romani Saints: The Racial Profiling of Romani Americans Ian Hancock
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